The slight brightness of the amp was cured by changing tubes in my dac. No 6922 did that trick. I added adapters and 5670s. A huge improvement to overall tone and soundstage . No fatigue on my treble sensitive ears now. Everything seemed to slow down. Beautiful clarity maintained. Loving the iha6 with the zmf or the he560. It is an amazing upgrade from my previous amps. Anyone with a tube based dac that implements the 5670 series should give the iha6 an audition.
I've been saving my pennies to buy a balanced solid state amplifier. Until the announcement of the new Massdrop/Cavalli Liquid Carbon X, I was aiming for the Cayin iHA6 amp, right now I'm undecided. Has anyone had the chance of listening to these 2 units (in the case of the Cavalli, the original Liquid Carbon 2.0)? What are your general impressions? How do they stack up against each other?
I've been saving my pennies to buy a balanced solid state amplifier. Until the announcement of the new Massdrop/Cavalli Liquid Carbon X, I was aiming for the Cayin iHA6 amp, right now I'm undecided. Has anyone had the chance of listening to these 2 units (in the case of the Cavalli, the original Liquid Carbon 2.0)? What are your general impressions? How do they stack up against each other?
Depends on the phones. I have original Carbon 1 in my gaming rig with Beyer 880, loving the combo. For anything planar I like cayins offering, regardless whether HE1000, HEX or HE560. I'd drawn the line here. Feel free to ask for more details!
Depends on the phones. I have original Carbon 1 in my gaming rig with Beyer 880, loving the combo. For anything planar I like cayins offering, regardless whether HE1000, HEX or HE560. I'd drawn the line here. Feel free to ask for more details!
Thanks for your answer! I will be using the amplifier with my HD800S, HD650 and Foxtex TXH00 PH (dettachable cable mod) headphones. Mainly, I'm looking for a good pairing for my HD800s and HD650s. I tend to like a (mostly) balanced and detailed sound with a little bit of warmth and good soundstage.
Thanks for your answer! I will be using the amplifier with my HD800S, HD650 and Foxtex TXH00 PH (dettachable cable mod) headphones. Mainly, I'm looking for a good pairing for my HD800s and HD650s. I tend to like a (mostly) balanced and detailed sound with a little bit of warmth and good soundstage.
As strange as it might sound, i have never listened to any of those two phones (I tend to avoid senss as a plague since my disappointing experience with HD555s -talk about superstition ). So I can't actually help you with this, sorry. That being said, and as much as I love IHA6, for 300 bucks the Carbon sounds like a good purchase, purely from price/performance point of view. You can always decide to switch later, and Carbons tend to hold the resale value well (or at least used to, lets see what thus this ridiculous dumping price offer of massdrop does wit that ). Maybe someone else could offer more personal experience with Carbon and senns at dedicated senns or carbon thread?
I got mine for about US$675 from a local dealer in Australia with warranty which I thought was a great deal. I have used 3 different HP and the Cayin controls them with authority
Yes, that's what we call "gray market" (or "grey market" depending on the local spelling in your region). No after sales support and good luck with warranty.
Worth it? Maybe when the real thing sold for so much more, it might be something to consider if you absolutely HAD to have the product but couldn't afford it any other way. But not any more due to the price drops through official dealers.
I'm not from US, and using 230/240v so shouldn't be a modified version for me. And where I am from, unfortunately there is no official retailer for Cayin iHA-6 so the only source is through online...
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